Outcomes of oral cavity cancer patients treated with surgery followed by postoperative intensity modulated radiation therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although treatment paradigms have not changed significantly, radiotherapy, surgery, and imaging techniques have improved, leading us to investigate oncologic and survival outcomes for oral cavity squamous cell cancer (OCSCC) patients treated with surgery followed by postoperative IMRT.

Material and methods

Records of patients with pathological diagnosis of OCSCC treated between 2000 and 2012 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients' demographic, disease, and treatment criteria were extracted. Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate survival curves.

Results

Two hundred eighty-nine patients were analyzed. Median follow-up was 35months. Two hundred sixty-eight had neck dissections (93%), of which 66% had nodal involvement, and 51% of those positive dissection

SUBMITTER: Quinlan-Davidson SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5796661 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature